2012 NCAA Tournament Thread - Page 5

cuervo72 · 03-14-2012, 09:47 PM

Roughly, yeah. If not significantly less. I mean, there look to be seats in the front rows that are empty even.

edit: I guess that's what you get for a play-in in Ohio involving teams from California and Florida though.

sterlingice · 03-14-2012, 09:48 PM

Oh wow. Yeah, they've been panning around the last few minutes.

This whole "first four" idea was stupid anyways

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Warhammer · 03-14-2012, 10:13 PM

I would have preferred to take the auto-bids from the amount of at-large. 64 teams is plenty, and when we're talking about the #7 and #8 teams from the power conferences, I'd rather the bids go to the automatic qualifiers.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 03-14-2012, 10:21 PM

Really neat side that usually gets a lot of publicity around tourney time. It's called www.predictionmachine.com. Premise of the site is that you can enter any given sporting matchup 50,000 times and get the win percentages over that sample size. Here's the current percentage of winning the title (top 5 from each region, note that this was run today after Syracuse announcement):

Kentucky 21.0%
Ohio State 19.5%
Missouri 9.9%
UNC 8.5%
Michigan St. 6.8%
Kansas 6.7%
Wichita St. 3.1%
Indiana 2.7%
Syracuse 2.6%
Wisconsin 2.1%
Duke 1.8%
Louisville 1.7%
Baylor 1.1%
Georgetown 0.9%
Vanderbilt 0.8%
New Mexico 0.7%
Michigan 0.6
Marquette 0.5%
Florida St. 0.3%
Temple 0.3%

MrBug708 · 03-14-2012, 10:45 PM

Epic showing by the incredibly bad PAC-12 tonight

bhlloy · 03-14-2012, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

Epic showing by the incredibly bad PAC-12 tonight

I loved the announcer going into a long spiel at the start of the game how Montgomery felt the Pac-12 was unfairly judged and it really wasn't that bad this year, and then they get outscored something like 11-2 right off the bat. Cal represent baby.

gstelmack · 03-15-2012, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by whomario

I know no one propably watches, but was this really a charge a couple posessions ago ? The Vermont kid made a great runner and connected with the defender so late, the ball was basically allready at the backboard, when he shot it the defender wasn´t even close to being in position.

In the UNC / NC State ACC tourney game I saw a call I'd never seen before: they called a charge on UNC, but the basket counted, because he plowed into the defender AFTER he let go of the ball.

wade moore · 03-15-2012, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

In the UNC / NC State ACC tourney game I saw a call I'd never seen before: they called a charge on UNC, but the basket counted, because he plowed into the defender AFTER he let go of the ball.

I go to... idano.. let's say 30 live games a year (W&M home games, an away game or two, and the CAA tourney). I usually see this call made once every year or two.

Always odd, but makes sense in a way. Similar is the charge on a pass play rather than a shot attempt - where they are driving to the basket, dish off at the last second, but still plow through the guy - that happens even more often.

Logan · 03-15-2012, 07:54 AM

Yeah I've seen that call plenty.

gstelmack · 03-15-2012, 08:05 AM

Well, basketball officiating makes no sense to me, so I don't watch much. That's my excuse.

GoldenEagle · 03-15-2012, 09:05 AM

Next year, I am taking these two days off from work.

Logan · 03-15-2012, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenEagle

Next year, I am taking these two days off from work.

I've been out of college for 7 years, and I've said that every time.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 09:25 AM

Even if I'm not off work, they're not the two most productive afternoons of the year. (Un)fortunately, with being sick this year, I'll be off Thursday, at least, and probably won't be going at full speed tomorrow but will probably be in and leave early

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spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 10:56 AM

20 years since Laettner hit the shot against Kentucky in the regional final and they are in the same regional this year.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 10:58 AM

The Price is Right is ending and it's just a few more minutes before that magical music sounds

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sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 11:06 AM

I'm not sure what to make of the Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson studio. They both seem to fill the same role. Both have good pipes and get the basketball equivalent of exposition across as the quiet straight man in a loud studio. It's a necessary role and it's better than Kenny Smith and Chuck yelling at each other. It just seems redundant and I'm not sure there's enough oxygen for that large of a studio

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GoldenEagle · 03-15-2012, 11:13 AM

Damn. I didn't realize I had to pay for March Madness this year.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 11:14 AM

Unfortunately, true, tho there was a thread about getting it free (Thanks, EasyMac!)
FYI, NCAA is charging $4 for online March Madness, get it free now - Front Office Football Central

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sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 11:15 AM

Game 1 is getting started now. Go Murray State!

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spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 11:19 AM

Looks like the web is about 15-17 seconds behind TV, for me at least.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 11:29 AM

Murray State leaning a little too heavy on the 3s

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grdawg · 03-15-2012, 11:34 AM

Anyone find that scoreboard at the top annoying. It needs to be higher.

spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 11:35 AM

Lesley Visser...scary

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 11:37 AM

Murray State starting to get back into their game. They don't have much size, but the guard play is looking a lot better

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whomario · 03-15-2012, 11:39 AM

so aparently MMOD works in Germany afterall, not only that but it works without registration and for free. Somebody explain that logic ... Don´t care though, hope it stays that way

30 minutes left at work, then a quick grocery run and then a whole lot of basketball

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 11:47 AM

Kansas State abusing Southern Miss with their size. Up 8-1 to start

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Lathum · 03-15-2012, 11:52 AM

Colorada State is giving Murray St a chance to pull away and Murry State not taking advantage.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Kansas State abusing Southern Miss with their size. Up 8-1 to start

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Haha. First points (2 for KSU) in like 5 minutes. It was 8-1 about 2 minutes in. Now it's 10-3 with 12 mins left. Ugly, ugly game so far

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spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 12:01 PM

Colorado St up 24-23 at the half.

How many brackets do they screw up with a win?

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

Colorado St up 24-23 at the half.

How many brackets do they screw up with a win?

I dunno - do you think people really had Murray State going far? I don't think many people knew what to do with them so worst case is that you lose a Sweet 16 team but I think most had them losing to Missouri at the most.

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Kodos · 03-15-2012, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by spleen1015

Colorado St up 24-23 at the half.

How many brackets do they screw up with a win?

Sounds like a real barnburner!

Logan · 03-15-2012, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Unfortunately, true, tho there was a thread about getting it free (Thanks, EasyMac!)
FYI, NCAA is charging $4 for online March Madness, get it free now - Front Office Football Central

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Easy Mac really nailed it with that thread title. Captured everything necessary in a simple subject line. Well done.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 12:42 PM

Murray State starting to pull away. I think Colorado State is almost done

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cartman · 03-15-2012, 12:43 PM

Murray State is starting to pull away now. Up 13 with 12 to go.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-15-2012, 12:46 PM

And my first upset pick is underway. C'mon Davidson, don't let me down.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 12:52 PM

Stick a fork in 'em: Colorado State is done.

Time to flip over to K-State

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Easy Mac · 03-15-2012, 12:57 PM

If CBS's commentary has taught me anything, it's this:

White kids are so awesome. They work so hard. Nevermind they're down double digits.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

And my first upset pick is underway. C'mon Davidson, don't let me down.

Sounds good to me. Let the chaos start. Davidson up 1

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Easy Mac · 03-15-2012, 01:10 PM

As someone who watched maybe 5 minutes of pre-tourney college basketball this year, is scoring just way down in general? It seems like aside from BYU-Iona, everyone else is incapable of putting it in the basket.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 01:14 PM

Did Clash of the Titans really make enough to warrant a sequel?

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spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Did Clash of the Titans really make enough to warrant a sequel?

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Apparently.

cartman · 03-15-2012, 01:23 PM

My bracket is perfect so far.

spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

My bracket is perfect so far.

I am leading the Yahoo! pool!! (with 31 of my closest friends)

spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 01:34 PM

Pitino is looking ragged these days.

Solecismic · 03-15-2012, 01:37 PM

Lots of channels to watch that I've never even seen before. A bit strange that Michigan is playing on the Oprah Winfrey Network tomorrow. At least it isn't Animal Planet.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 01:39 PM

Wait? WTF? The Oprah network? I'm guessing it's trutv, right? The stupid reality tv one?

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spleen1015 · 03-15-2012, 01:41 PM

Michigan is on TNT tomorrow.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 01:44 PM

Southern Miss and Kansas State coming down to the wire, much as an 8-9 game should

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Coffee Warlord · 03-15-2012, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

My bracket is perfect so far.

Mine isn't.

sterlingice · 03-15-2012, 02:04 PM

Kansas State finished off Southern Miss.

Anyone else thought Larry Eustachy got a bum rap at Iowa State?

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03-14-2012, 09:47 PM	#201
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Roughly, yeah. If not significantly less. I mean, there look to be seats in the front rows that are empty even. edit: I guess that's what you get for a play-in in Ohio involving teams from California and Florida though. __________________ null Last edited by cuervo72 : 03-14-2012 at 09:49 PM.

03-14-2012, 09:48 PM	#202
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Oh wow. Yeah, they've been panning around the last few minutes. This whole "first four" idea was stupid anyways SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 08:05 AM	#210
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Well, basketball officiating makes no sense to me, so I don't watch much. That's my excuse. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

03-15-2012, 09:05 AM	#211
GoldenEagle Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR	Next year, I am taking these two days off from work. __________________ Xbox 360 Gamer Tag: GoldenEagle014

03-15-2012, 09:25 AM	#213
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Even if I'm not off work, they're not the two most productive afternoons of the year. (Un)fortunately, with being sick this year, I'll be off Thursday, at least, and probably won't be going at full speed tomorrow but will probably be in and leave early SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-14-2012, 10:13 PM	#203
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I would have preferred to take the auto-bids from the amount of at-large. 64 teams is plenty, and when we're talking about the #7 and #8 teams from the power conferences, I'd rather the bids go to the automatic qualifiers.

03-14-2012, 10:21 PM	#204
Mizzou B-ball fan General Manager Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO	Really neat side that usually gets a lot of publicity around tourney time. It's called www.predictionmachine.com. Premise of the site is that you can enter any given sporting matchup 50,000 times and get the win percentages over that sample size. Here's the current percentage of winning the title (top 5 from each region, note that this was run today after Syracuse announcement): Kentucky 21.0% Ohio State 19.5% Missouri 9.9% UNC 8.5% Michigan St. 6.8% Kansas 6.7% Wichita St. 3.1% Indiana 2.7% Syracuse 2.6% Wisconsin 2.1% Duke 1.8% Louisville 1.7% Baylor 1.1% Georgetown 0.9% Vanderbilt 0.8% New Mexico 0.7% Michigan 0.6 Marquette 0.5% Florida St. 0.3% Temple 0.3%

03-14-2012, 10:45 PM	#205
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Epic showing by the incredibly bad PAC-12 tonight

03-15-2012, 07:54 AM	#209
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Yeah I've seen that call plenty.

03-15-2012, 10:56 AM	#214
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	20 years since Laettner hit the shot against Kentucky in the regional final and they are in the same regional this year.

03-15-2012, 10:58 AM	#215
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	The Price is Right is ending and it's just a few more minutes before that magical music sounds SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 11:06 AM	#216
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I'm not sure what to make of the Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson studio. They both seem to fill the same role. Both have good pipes and get the basketball equivalent of exposition across as the quiet straight man in a loud studio. It's a necessary role and it's better than Kenny Smith and Chuck yelling at each other. It just seems redundant and I'm not sure there's enough oxygen for that large of a studio SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 11:13 AM	#217
GoldenEagle Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR	Damn. I didn't realize I had to pay for March Madness this year. __________________ Xbox 360 Gamer Tag: GoldenEagle014

03-15-2012, 11:14 AM	#218
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Unfortunately, true, tho there was a thread about getting it free (Thanks, EasyMac!) FYI, NCAA is charging $4 for online March Madness, get it free now - Front Office Football Central SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 11:15 AM	#219
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Game 1 is getting started now. Go Murray State! SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 11:19 AM	#220
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Looks like the web is about 15-17 seconds behind TV, for me at least.

03-15-2012, 11:29 AM	#221
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Murray State leaning a little too heavy on the 3s SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 11:34 AM	#222
grdawg Mascot Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South	Anyone find that scoreboard at the top annoying. It needs to be higher.

03-15-2012, 11:35 AM	#223
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Lesley Visser...scary

03-15-2012, 11:37 AM	#224
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Murray State starting to get back into their game. They don't have much size, but the guard play is looking a lot better SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 11:39 AM	#225
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	so aparently MMOD works in Germany afterall, not only that but it works without registration and for free. Somebody explain that logic ... Don´t care though, hope it stays that way 30 minutes left at work, then a quick grocery run and then a whole lot of basketball __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”

03-15-2012, 11:47 AM	#226
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Kansas State abusing Southern Miss with their size. Up 8-1 to start SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 11:52 AM	#227
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Colorada State is giving Murray St a chance to pull away and Murry State not taking advantage.

03-15-2012, 12:01 PM	#229
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Colorado St up 24-23 at the half. How many brackets do they screw up with a win?

03-15-2012, 12:42 PM	#233
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Murray State starting to pull away. I think Colorado State is almost done SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 12:43 PM	#234
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Murray State is starting to pull away now. Up 13 with 12 to go. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

03-15-2012, 12:46 PM	#235
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	And my first upset pick is underway. C'mon Davidson, don't let me down. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

03-15-2012, 12:52 PM	#236
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Stick a fork in 'em: Colorado State is done. Time to flip over to K-State SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 12:57 PM	#237
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	If CBS's commentary has taught me anything, it's this: White kids are so awesome. They work so hard. Nevermind they're down double digits.

03-15-2012, 01:10 PM	#239
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	As someone who watched maybe 5 minutes of pre-tourney college basketball this year, is scoring just way down in general? It seems like aside from BYU-Iona, everyone else is incapable of putting it in the basket.

03-15-2012, 01:14 PM	#240
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Did Clash of the Titans really make enough to warrant a sequel? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-15-2012, 01:23 PM	#242
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	My bracket is perfect so far. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

03-15-2012, 01:34 PM	#244
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Pitino is looking ragged these days.

03-15-2012, 01:37 PM	#245
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	Lots of channels to watch that I've never even seen before. A bit strange that Michigan is playing on the Oprah Winfrey Network tomorrow. At least it isn't Animal Planet.

03-15-2012, 01:39 PM	#246
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Wait? WTF? The Oprah network? I'm guessing it's trutv, right? The stupid reality tv one? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"